Voice to parliament ‘best chance we have’ to improve Indigenous lives: Burney

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Pearson condemns ‘squalid little’ Nationals for Voice rejection

, attributing it to the influence of Indigenous Country Liberal Party senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who entered parliament at the election and vehemently opposes the Voice.“The Nationals were the most supportive of the idea of the Voice. They were better than the Liberals, better than some Labor Party people and this has been my experience for the last 10 years,” Pearson said on ABC Radio National.

The Nationals, he said, were “just a squalid little political party ... that is currently controlled by a kindergarten child”. Littleproud defended the decision in a round of media interviews on Tuesday, where he said the party believed the Voice would do nothing to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Speaking on ABC TV, he rejected the suggestion that the Nationals had imperilled the referendum.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton on Tuesday told a joint party room meeting the Nationals had undertaken “significant internal processes” before stating their position and the Liberal Party respected that but was not itself ready to make a decision. “There is a long time between now and the next election. We want more information, just like the rest of the country, before we can form a position.”

 

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